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Left to Battle a Pandemic With Little Help, Nursing Aides Struggle With PTSD
COVID-19 has left health care workers across the US with a gutting sense of abandonment.
California Bans Inclusion of Unpaid Medical Bills in Credit Reports
At least eight states have banned medical bills from consumer credit reports in the past two years.
Florida Issues Blatantly False “Guidance” on Latest COVID-19 Boosters
The CDC recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months old receive the updated COVID-19 booster.
Federal Trade Commission Sues Big Pharma Middlemen for Inflating Insulin Prices
Some health care advocates hope this is just the beginning and that decision makers will go even further in the future.
EPA Scientists Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals During Trump Admin
A second Trump presidency could see more far-reaching interference with the agency’s scientific work under Project 2025.
For-Profit US Health Care System Still Ranks Last Among Peers on Key Metrics
People in the US “live the shortest lives and have the most avoidable deaths,” a new analysis concludes.
Apalachee High School Shooting Exposes Mental Health Crisis
Local health providers scramble to address rising mental health needs amid a shortage of resources in Barrow County.
Work Requirements and Red Tape Complicate Georgia’s Medicaid Expansion Program
Georgia is the only state that requires certain Medicaid beneficiaries to work to get coverage.
California Drinking Water Regulations Are Putting Cost Over People’s Safety
Polluters and utility groups have repeatedly stymied efforts to impose stricter limits on contaminants.
As COVID Emergency Funding Sunsets, Public Health Faces Budget Cuts and Layoffs
In some places, that pandemic cash did little more than keep small health departments afloat.